Passengers here have had to endure hardship even in winter as the diversion that was washed away by the flood has not been built for three years.
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Hundreds of passengers were stranded on the road for nearly 8 hours on Friday after a flood washed away a diversion on the Phidim-Phalot road section connecting Panchthar district headquarters Phidim via Nagin, Yangnam, Sidin and Prangwung to Phalot and Sandakpur on the Nepal-India border. Passengers, vehicles and transport vehicles were stranded in the river after a diversion washed away the concrete bridge here in the flood of 2002.
Construction of a bailey bridge near the diversion has been started but has not been completed. Road access around the bailey bridge is yet to be completed. On Thursday evening, it rained with gusty winds for about an hour in places including Phidim Municipality-12 and 13. The flood in the Phalot River due to the water washed away the diversion.
When the diversion was washed away and the road was blocked, the sick, pregnant women, those in labor, and the disabled, along with senior citizens, were stranded in the riverbed throughout Friday morning, but they set off on foot with some difficulty. After repairing the diversion in the Feme River, which had been blocked since night, the road reopened after noon on Friday.
The Infrastructure Development Office Panchthar had opened the blocked road with an excavator. The road was blocked in this place several times during the rainy season last year when the diversion was washed away.
As the diversion washed away by the flood was not built for three years, passengers here have had to suffer even in winter. The general public has been urging the construction of the abandoned bridges to make travel easier.
Locals suggested to newly elected federal MP Narendra Kumar Kerung, who visited the damaged diversion after the flood in the Feme River area, to prioritize the completion of unfinished projects in the district.
